International conference proceedings on science, art and gender in the global rise of indigenous languages
By: edited by M. Kamel Igoudjil and Sihem Arfaoui-Abidi
Publisher: Institut supérieur des sciences humaines, Université de Jendouba
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jendouba, Tunisia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9789973284211
Subjects: Linguistic minorities; Language and culture; Congresses; Literature and society; Language and history
Other titles: Global rise of indigenous languages; Science, art and gender in the global rise of indigenous languages symposium
Description: "The political aspect of this 'Global Rise of Indigenous Languages' has become more and more pronounced not the least because of a democratizing process of social relations through the emergence of interrelated phenomena of multicultural society and globalization. However, the analysis of the current world order transcends the national boundaries. As borders are crossed and countries reshaped, attention to differences calls for a re-formulation of identities in the context of power relations, histories, and shaped memories. Interestingly, this book investigates the very essence of the 'modern' identity, using Feminist, postcolonial, and multicultural criticism to analyze the resurgence of cultural ethnic specificities. The intersection among linguistics, history, and literature illustrates the ongoing negotiation between the Eurocentric tradition and multiculturalism. Each article provides an outlet for non-Westerns and marginalized cultures and peoples to question the hegemonic Eurocentrism and provides an alternative critical view" -- Back cover.
Notes: "International Symposium presented by L'Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Jendouba and organized in collaboration with L'Institut de Recherche en Langues et Littératures Européennes UHA" -- Front cover.

"This book brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars from the first International Conference in Humanities, organized in 2012 by the University of Jendouba, Tunisia. Together, these works comprise a distinctive collection of articles by authors around the world to explore 'Indigenous Resistance' in the 'Sciences, Art, and Gender in the Global Rise of Indigenous Languages.' This compilation focuses on language as representation and difference through the lenses of linguistics, history, and literature" -- Page ix.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I:; title: Linguistics.; title: Pidgens and Creoles: monogenesis or polygenesis  -- Mohamed Raouf Guelmemi; title: Indigenous multiculturalism: the case of dialects vs. dialectics  -- Sämi Ludwig; title: Tamazight (Berber) and Sarmatian-Scythian indigenous roots in the non-indigenous languages of Sicilian-Italian and Azerbaijani-Turkic  -- Louis Buff Parry; title: An answer to prayer: James Evans, William Moon, and the Cree syllabary  -- Geoffrey Wilfong Pritchard -- Part II:; title: History.; title: The role of the Ashkenazi collective memory in preserving the Yiddish language  -- Yosra amraoui; title: Langues indigènes et langue coloniale en Tunisie sous le protectorat: quels rapports?  -- Ammar Azouzi et Hind Soudani; title: The rise of Tamazight in Algeria: fighting an uphill battle  -- Abderrezak Dourari; title: Mexican Spanish: the original language of California  -- Lynn Hannachi; title: The survival and revitalization of indigenous languages through indigenous resistance: Australian case study  -- Manel Salem; title: L'apport de l'archéologie verbale á la restitution paléo-environmentale: l'exemple du Tell septentrional tunisien dans l'antiquité carthaginoise  -- Mohamed Tlili -- Part III:; title: Literature.; title: Fatima Mernissi's 'Dreams of Trespass À la Kingston': the Hawaiian/Amazigh meandering between invisibility, commemoration, and resilience  -- Sihem Arfaoui-Abidi; title: Taming the indigenous shrew: torture and narration as possible tools to translate the natives' silence in J.M. Coetzee's 'Waiting for the barbarians' and 'Foe'  -- Olfa Belgacem; title: Cultural intersections: language, gender, and art in Anita Desai's 'In custody'  -- Hager Ben Driss; title: Indigenous traits: refuting / reproducing the mother figure in Kingston's 'The woman warrior'  -- Zeineb Derbali; title: Contesting Chinese-American identity in Amy Tan's 'The joy luck club' and 'The bonesetter's daughter'  -- Faten houioui Ghaba; title: Postcolonial Algerian writers in French: language as representation and resistance  -- M. Kamel Igoudjil; title: South African indigenous culture against Apartheid: the role of praise poetry  -- Samia Kouki; title: Mapping the indigenous: colonial anxieties in Victorian adventure novels -- Safia Sahli Rejeb-- Indigenous neighbors and the Babylonia curse in David Malouf's 'Remembering Babylon' /-- Imen Yacoubi.